One early morning this past week, I lay in bed with my head tucked
under the covers. Keeping the covers snug
over my head gives me a sense of security. On the other hand, Deb, my wife,never likes to keep her head under the covers, because she feels trapped. This
particular morning I was resting comfortably beneath the sheets and comforter,
when I felt a presence on the other side. I lifted the covers back without fear and
there she stood; a tall gangly figure with a pale white face, black lifeless
eyes, dark black greasy strangely hair and in an instant she pounced on me. I immediately pushed her off and with a great
gasp… I awoke hurling my covers into the air. Praise God, it was only a dream, or was it?
With my heart still racing and every hair on my body at attention, I immediately
cried out to my Savior. After I caught my breath, I felt compelled to walk
throughout our house and pray over each room. Afterwards, my final prayer, as I
lay back to rest was, “My God, give me the courage to rest behind the cross
this night.”
Two nights later, I was in a restaurant. I went to the
counter to order our drinks. As I was waiting on the waitress, a young pretty
girl with long blonde hair stood beside me and began to carry on a conversation
with me. I was enjoying our time together. At one point she put her arm around
me and said she liked talking with me. I must admit, I was flattered, but I
told her that I was married. To be honest, part of me wanted her to leave her
arm around me, but the other part was saying to walk away. I looked over my
shoulder and in the corner booth was my wife. In the midst of trying to make
this decision, I woke up. I truly
believe this was another spiritual attack.
Not all demons are ugly. My experience earlier in the week
is typically what folks think of when they think of evil; that it is ugly and recognizable.
However, not all evil has a hideous appearance. If it was all foul, most people
would never be enticed to dabble. We are told in the last days that many will
be led astray, even those that once believed.
Temptations are temptations because they are desirable to our flesh. The
inducement of following evil occurs in some of the most nonchalant manners. It
can occur with looking just a little too long at an attractive woman, listening
to music that is provocative or degrades the value of women, reading books that
promote sexual fantasy, or indifference to poverty and social injustice. Whatever it may be, it doesn't always have to
appear dreadful.
The greatest deception will be the entrance of the anti-christ.
He will be someone that we want to listen to and his words and his appearance will
be pleasing to the ears and eyes. Each thing that he says will seem to make
sense. The moral decline of our society today is an indication that the arrival
of the anti-christ will be soon. Our
loudest cry to God should be “Defend our hearts from deception.”
Knowing the truth carries the utmost protection from being deceived.
Our greatest defense is immersing
ourselves into the truth on a daily bases. It comes from an everyday walk with a risen Savior.
When we have enough of the truth we will recognize the fallacies among us. Additionally,
we will have the ability to discern the presence of evil, no matter if it
appears gruesome or beautiful.
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